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AP continues to report #Nakba as #Arabic for “#catastrophe” referring to the #displacement of #Palestinians rather than #defeat of #Arabs.
This is why Palestinians never learn. Their #aggression is ALWAYS recast as their #victimhood, and #Israel’s defense is always recast as #occupation and #oppression
“We lived through [displacement] not just once but several times,” says one #Palestinian without any hint of irony.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fending off criticism that he is not planning for a postwar reality in the Gaza Strip, saying it's impossible to prepare for any scenario in the embattled Palestinian enclave until Hamas is defeated. Netanyahu has faced increasing pressure from critics at home and allies abroad, especially the United States, to present a postwar plan for Gaza. Meanwhile, Palestinians are marking the 76th anniversary of mass expulsion from what is now Israel in the war surrounding the country’s creation in 1948. More than twice the number expelled have been displaced within Gaza in this war.
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>> In each of the 3 wars, #PalestinianCause was taken up in a larger global struggle 👀: first, #WorldWarII, then #ColdWar, then #jihadist war against free societies
The looming #FourthCatastrophe for #Palestinians is also squarely placed in a larger #globalStruggle, and it is timed for #Election2024.
This time it’s the rise of #oligarchs and #fascists in #US & other liberal countries, #Russian #revanchism, & #China’s global ambitions.
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A #FourthCatastrophe?
In the last three years, there has been every sign that another catastrophe was coming.
Read the whole essay at the paywall-free link to the archive.
It also tells you where the notion of #IsraeliApartheid came from and why #TimingIsNoCoincidence.
The conclusion is a clincher, regardless of which side of the #Israeli-#Palestinian conflict you are on.
Thanks to @toooobeeee for sharing such a deeply researched and though-provoking essay!
Ramesh #NotGoingBack